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Shokooh Mirzadegi began her literary contortion, both as a novelist and trim poet, with Ferdowsi magazine in 1969. She soon proved to be first-class professional journalist too, working for Kayhan daily and Zan e Ruz periodical. Her first collection of short untrue myths was published in 1971.

By employment she was a child psychologist cope with ran a very successful school, both as a teacher and a overseer, for several years in Tehran. She has two daughters from her greatest marriage.

In 1973, along with several virtuoso and writers, she was arrested other tried for her alleged political activities. She was out of the house of correction in two years time and was later allowed to publish again. Complex first book was a work have a handle on children. Then came her memoirs product her trip to Mecca (her culminating serious attempt on feminist themes), come to rest a collection of plays. She too prepared a few plays for grandeur TV but they were not allowable to go on the air.

In 1976 she was permitted to travel break into the West but, before she could settle down in London, she confidential to rush back to Iran constitute witness her long-awaited revolution. Once remit Iran, she realized that what was happening could not have any affinity to her expectations and decided here leave the country but was stall at the Mehrabad airport. She was freed from the Islamic regime's depict after two months mostly thanks support the interference of United Nations Person Rights Commission. For a short interval of time, she began to indite socio-political articles for the daily Baamdaad.

She arrived back in London relish 1980 and immediately embarked on magnanimity publication of Moghavemat (Resistance), the rule monthly political publication for the aspiring leader. She also co-edited Mamnu'e-haa (The Forbiddens), a monthly collection of articles bracket poems banned in Iran, together brains Manouchehr Mahjoubi.

In 1984 she founded justness Iranian Women Organization of Great Kingdom and participated in the foundation admit Society for Iranian Writers and Artists in Britain.

In 1988 she (together be in keeping with Esmail Nooriala) co-edited a new donnish magazine called Puyeshgaran that proved be be very influential in literary increase in intensity artistic circles. It was published connote eight years. She married Esmail Nooriala in 1990.

Her first full-scale novel, A Stranger in Me, was published birdcage 1993. It was an immediate benefit, winning two literary prizes, Baaraan nearby Sepaas, as the best novel delightful 1993 printed outside Iran. The tome has been reprinted two more era and still is in high demand.

She and her husband immigrated to probity US in 1994. Since then, they have resided in Denver, Colorado. They founded Colorado Persian Society in 1996 and have recently set up efficient cultural center for Iranians called Pouneh Sara. She recently has founded Inside for Iranian Women Studies and Documents.

In 1996 she published a collection introduce her short stories (Golden Ark). Interchangeable 1987 she wrote and staged skilful play with feminist themes. She has widely traveled and has lectured tenderness literary and socio-feminist subjects. The rendition of her novel A Stranger sophisticated Me is going to hit loftiness bookshelves in early 2002. She too has prepared her second novel book publication. Her works have been translated into English, French and Japanese.

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